Victim Assistance Resources
As a victim, you may feel......
- Isolated-as if nobody understands your feelings.
- Frustrated with the lack of information you receive.
- Angry with the "system".
- A lack of control over your situation.
REMEMBER: YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
Click on links below :
- Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
- Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD)
- Next Door - Solutions to Domestic Violence
- Parents of Murdered Children
- SART - Sexual Assault Response Team Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office
- Santa Clara County Probation Department Restorative Justice Project
- Santa Clara County Social Services Agency, Department of Child and Family Services
- Support Network for Battered Women
- SVCCJ Victim Witness Assistance Center
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Victim & Witness Assistance
- Violence Intervention Program (VIP), Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
- YWCA Valley Rape Crisis Center
Asians Americans for Community Involvement (AACI)
2400 Moorpark Ave., San Jose, CA 95131
Phone: (408) 975 - 2730 HOTLINE
FAX: (408) 975 - 2745
AACI is Santa Clara County's largest community-based organization focused on the Asian American community.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)
373 S. Monroe Street, Suite G San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 260-0111
FAX (408) 261-3721
MADD provides victim assistance, case watching, education, public awareness and monitoring legislation issues as they apply to drinking and driving.
"If you drink, don't drive - Stay Alive..."
Next Door - Solutions to Domestic Violence
Address: 234 E. Gish Road, Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95112
Office phone: 408-501-7550
Office fax: 408-441-7562
24-HOUR Crisis Hotline: (408) 279-2962
Next Door provides counseling, emergency shelter, legal assistance, a 24-hour hotline, and other services for victims of domestic violence.
215 Liberty Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: (831) 426-0874
FAX: (831) 971-8355
Parents of Murdered Children is a self-help organization that provides on-going professional support to survivors of homicide victims through meetings, peer counseling, telephone friends and a newsletter.
Sexual Assault Response Team
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
751 South Bascom Avenue
Bldg. H12
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 885-6466 FAX: (408) 885-2247
SART provides emergency comprehensive medical / forensic victim examinations and expert witness testimony following allegations of adult sexual assault.
Santa Clara County District Attorney
70 West Hedding Street
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: (408) 299-7400 FAX: (408) 286-5437
The DA's office has specialized teams to enhance services to victims, including Domestic Violence, Robbery, Assault, Vehicular Crime, Child Abduction, Elder and Child Abuse, Consumer Fraud, Homicide and Sexual Assault.
Santa Clara County Probation Restorative Justice Project
840 Guadalupe Parkway
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: (408) 278-5900
FAX: (408) 294-1872
Santa Clara County Probation Department Web Site
The Restorative Justice Project works to implement a balanced approach to the justice system: Protection of primary/secondary victims, accountability for offenders, and increased competency for youthful offenders.
Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
Department of Child and Family Services
373 W Julian Street
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone 408/975-5100
Fax 408/975-5844
Child and Family Services provides intervention and advocacy to at-risk children and to families in danger of child abuse and neglect.
Support Network for Battered Women (YWCA)
375 South Third Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 295-4011
FAX: (408) 295-0608
24-hr Hotline: (800) 572-2782
The Support Network provides assistance to victims of Domestic Violence through crisis counseling, emergency shelter service, a 24-hour bilingual hotline, legal services and children's services.
SVCCJ Victim Witness Assistance Center
777 North First Street, Suite 220 San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: (408) 295-2656
FAX (408) 295-2045
Crisis counceling, follow-up care, assistance in court, recovery of loss services and assistance.
A program of the Silicon Valley Conference for Community and Justice (SVCCJ). To learn more about SVCCJ, click here: www.svccj.org
U.S. Attorney's Office, Victim & Witness Assistance
US Attorney's Office
150 Almaden Blvd., Suite 900
San Jose, CA 95113
Main Office: (408) 535-5061
FAX (408) 535-5066
Victims and Witnesses of federal crimes receive direct services including notification, referrals, court accompaniment and other assistance.
Violence Intervention Program (VIP)
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
751 South Bascom Avenue
Bldg. H12
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 885-6466 FAX: (408) 885-2247
VIP provides emergency, comprehensive medical/forensic victim examinations and expert witness testimony following allegations of domestic violence.
YWCA Valley Rape Crisis Center
Phone: (408) 287-3000 or (650) 493-7273
FAX: (408) 295-4094
24-hr Hotline: (408) 287-3000
The Valley Rape Crisis Center provides a 24-hr crisis line, in-person counseling, accompaniment to hospitals, police departments and court, support groups, self defense, and prevention programs.